INDEX. 
603 
Budding, methods of, 442 
Buddleias, 363 
Bulb-glasses, 84 
Bulbs, planting various sorts of, 
84, 294, 445, 502, 542, 566, 587 
taking up early flowering, 
394, 395,416 
treatment of seedling, 395, 
568, 587 
sowing seeds of, 468, 499, 
544 
■ planting in glasses and pots, 
84, 545, 568 
observations on the late 
planting of, 82 
Bupthalmum fruticosum, 427 
Burnet, garden, 206, 382, 520 
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Cabbage, care of autumn sown 
plants, 129, 185, 512, 554, 574 
— — sowing seed in winter, 
spring and summer, 21, 130, 
185, 316, 371, 405, 436, 459 
' planting out finally, 185, 
316, 371, 405, 430,459 
■ planting large cabbages for 
seed, 208 
— — earthing up, 371 
— — tying up the leaves to 
whiten, 371 
— — sowing seed in autumn to 
produce early sumnaer cab- 
bages, 479 
— — preserving full grown heads 
for winter and spring use, 555 
Cabinets, rural, 74 
Cactuses, 166,179,361,363,402, 
507,548 
Calceolarias, 353 
Callicarpa americana, 363 
Calycanihus floridus, 277, 301 
Camellia japonica, 363, 452 
Campanulas, in sorts, 299, 300 
nettle-leaved, 353 
Candytuft, 159, 299, 352 
Canker in trees, to prevent or 
cure, 142, 143 
Canna indica, 363 
Canterbury-bells, 159, 299, 300, 
425 
Cape Bulbs, 167, 364, 428, 507 
Cape Bulbs, compost for, 507 
Capparis, or Capre-shrub, 363 
Capsicums, 208, 327, 380, 410, 
437 
Caraway, 207, 327, 329 
Cardoon, Spanish, 205, 325, 382, 
409, 436, 462,479, 557 
Carnations, general care and cul- 
ture of, 79, 80, 159, 162, 164, 
295,299, 300, 349, 352, 395, 
418,445, 467, 499, 536, 567, 
582 
description of a fine double, 
420 
— — to card, or assist in blow- 
ing, 418, 409, 445 
laying and piping, 421, 422 
to force into early bloom, 
107, 180, 311 
compost for best kinds, 295 
Carrots, 21, 133, 190, 208, 321, 
377,378,408,431 
■ to preserve for winter use, 
556 
Cascades, 68 
Cassia, hardy sorts, 79 
— — chamaecrista, 352 
marilandica, 353, 469 
Catalogue of Kitchen-garden es- 
culent plants and herbs, 592 
of aromatic, pot, and sweet 
herbs, 595 
of plants cultivated for 
medicinal purposes, 596 
■ of grasses and other plants 
used in farming, 597 
Catalpa-trec, 270, 301 
Catchfiy, perennial, 159, 300 
Lobel's, 299, 352 
— — double, 501 
Caterpillars on fruit trees, to 
destroy, 387 
Caterpillar-plant, 299, 352 
Cauliflowers, care of autumn 
sown plants, 20, 127, 184, 514, 
554, 574 
sowing seed of, in winter 
and spring, and subsequent 
treatment of the plants, 20, 
127, 128, 184, 315 
early planting of, under 
bell or hand-glasses, 184 
